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Entwurf • Design Space Popular, TH-Bangkok
Bauherr • Client Infinity Spa, TH-Bangkok
Standort • Location Silom Road, TH-Bangkok
Nutzfläche • Floor space 350 m 2
Fotos • Photos W Workspace Company Limited
Mehr Information • More information 138

INFINITY SPA

IN BANGKOK

Fresh colouring, clear volumes, furnishing elements rich
in details, trendy materials and much space for develo-
ping effects in every respect: With the wellness temple
designed in Bangkok by the architects from Space
Popular, the planners succeeded in achieving an exam-
3 ple of how building structures steeped in tradition can
be turned into modern service landscapes.

2 I n the whole Southeast Asian region, the traditional shophouse is a
specific type of building. Nothing has changed about it since the 19th
century: The terraced house with a width of five metres and a depth of
ten metres and up to four storeys is being constructed to this day and
combines a commercial area at ground level, which is characterized by
1 a mezzanine, with several rental flats situated above it. In Bangkok,
these shophouses have become characteristic of the cityscape to such an
extent that entire streets are meanwhile a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1 Empfang und Verkauf • Reception and sales
2 Warten • Waiting area For the operators of the Infinity Spa, the architects from Space Popular
3 WC-Anlagen • WC facilities
4 Räume für Pflegeanwendungen • Rooms for body care merged two shophouses near the historic centre and added all the areas
5 Massageräume • Rooms for massages
necessary for a wellness temple to the existing spatial structures. Along
Axonometrie – EG und Galerie • ground floor and gallery the façade, the now almost square “commercial space” was turned into
a generous as well as attractive entrance hall. Standing out as to its
colour with a kind of strong green-turquoise, below the mezzanine an
administration unit hidden behind curtains was designed with two
“transit areas” on either side. From here, one gets to the mezzanine with
a waiting area and WC facilities. Above it are two consistently brightly
designed floors for the treatments and massages. The treatment cabins
can be separated or merged with white curtains. White wall areas,
others flecked with grey as well as white synthetic-resin floors and
acoustically effective ceiling elements in yellow-gold create a calm set-
ting for about 20 pieces of furniture specifically designed for the spa.
4 From the wide variety of chairs to clothes racks to display shelves all the
5 way to the reception counter, each piece is constructed based on an ela-
borate frame structure lacquered green-turquoise which, with its nume-
rous braces, has a filigree and in some places graphic-look ornamenta-
tion. In contrast, the permanently mounted furnishing elements are
white but do not take second place to the chairs and the other furniture.
The mezzanine railings are thus not simply railings but also a sophisti-
cated system of display cases. Despite the simple spatial volumes, all
these small and large room components produce premises rich in
details which, thanks to minimalist colouring, do not look overabundant
Axonometrie – 1. OG • Axonometry – first upper level Axonometrie – 2. OG • Axonometry, second upper level but create a harmonious overall impression.

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